The Sun. — London, England, 1838-10-19 00:00:00

COURT ClRCUilkit- WINDSOR, THURSDAY. —Today the saddle-horses were ordered to the Castle, but the Queen did not ride out, in eon- Eequence of th e unsettled state of the weather. Sir Fredericek Stovin arrived at the Castle last night. Richard Pakenham, Esq., the Mexican Minister, arrived at the Castle this morning. R The D u k e de Lucca and Lady Littlejohn accompanied her T °Yal Hi ghness the D uc h ess of Kent in a carriage airing. he Royal di nner party this evening, with the e xc e pti on of the above arrivals, will be the same as yesterday. The Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Baroness i‘in'feldt, came to Cambridge House yesterday from Kew. er Royal Highness returned to Kew in the afternoon. , Mr. Burge and the Agents for the West Indies transacted Business yesterday at the Colonial Department. t _ The Chancellor of the Exchequer transacted business yes er,,,claY at Lord Melbourne's office. The Solicitor -General had an interview with the Chancel °l' the Exchequer yesterday in Downing -street. •Tespatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office ':erona the Earl of Durham ; from Major-General Napier, Go rnor of the Cape of Good Hope ; and from the Governor of S outh Australia. ueapatehes were received yesterday at the Colonial De ment from the Governors of Jamaica and Barbadoes, and th erri t he officers administering her Majesty's Government in e Windward and Leeward Islands. fortaPatches were forwarded yesterday from the India Board Despatches Auckland, the Governor-General of India, and for ther Officers administering her Majesty's Government at the Tidencies of Madras and Bombay. t i "Patches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign pePartment for Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador a 4,°rlstantinople ; and for the British Charge d'Affaires at the Courts of Persia and St. Petersburg. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. f ro l :rd Ra ne l agh and Colonel Davison, at Stevens's Hotel, 13;;;: t he Co n ti nent ; the Honourable Fynes Twissleton, in p_'_`°-street, f rom B roug h ton Castle; Lord Adolphus jo'ilz clkr ence, a t S t . J ames ' s Palace, from a tour; Colonel Scott, in Piccadilly, from Paris. DEPARTURES. A r t : Lovat on a tour ; M r. and Mrs. Bassett, and Miss attiee for D evonsh i re ; Lady Anne Onslow for Surrey ; Mrs. N ori .M e is 3 King for Bath ; Mrs. Wy n dh am an d Mi ss K cr for Bri ; Major Rost; for Christchurch ; Mr. Gilman !or eri ,' ; u t °o ; Mrs. B ouver i e f or S u ff o lk ; Mr. and Mrs. Mac bait—ewand Miss Ri ce f or B r i g h ton ; Mr. J. Blair for Penning _ Call, Wigtonshire ; Dowager L a dy Bl ac k et t f or W a l ton N orthumberla n d • Mrs. Nassau Sutton for Brighton ; 13t lia 11, Y Haml n Williams for Carmarthen ; Mrs. Newton forfor C o ea op rs le House, in Essex ; Mr. Robert Vyner hard a tT b Y Hall, near Horneastle, in Lincolnshire ; Sir Ed 4,atnilton, Bart., for Brecknock, in Wales. CHANGES. The 4441 Duchess-C oun t ess o f Sutherland, at Warsley Hall, fr o „, c Onshir e , on a visit to Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, l ° a sho r t V i s i t to t h e D uc h ess o f Ath o ll, a t D un k e d ; ea3l l 7.. an d Lady M o l yneux , a t their seat, Croxteth Hall, Lan k. p re, from Weymouth ; the Hon. George Cavendish, 4 4 1'5 and Lady Louisa Cavendish, at Harewood Hall, the A °f the Earl of Harewood, in Yorkshire, from their seat, teBaforcl Hall, Derbyshire; Lord Sandys, at his seat, Om 40d Court, Worcestershire,from a visit to the Hon. Colonel d .. 11 0 ,," 44 Y Harriet Clive ; the Hon. Lady Cockerell and the t,"; Miss Foley at Malvern Wells, from Brighton; the B t . ` of St. Germains,' at Bath, from his seat, Port Eliot, Ih C ermains, Cornwall ; Mr. and Mrs. H. Lambton, at I k4 e Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleve seat' fro m Lambton Castle ; the Earl of Eglintoun, at his c 411 1). Eglintoun Castle, Ayrshire, from Heaton Park, Lan tirre, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Wilton ; the ,Of Arran at Dublin, from Saunderscourt, his scat in the fr otz t l g of Ireland ; Lord Bateman, at his seat in Hertfordshire, 11,11.1 Cheltenham; Lord Melgund, M. P., at Wentworth Noe: Y,orkshire, on a visit to Earl Fitzwilliam, from Minto the Itoxburgsbire ; Lord Howth, at Dublin, from a visit kanetEarl and Countess of Wilton, at Heaton Park, near of es ter; the Hon. Mr. Beresford, on a tour in the North t a,,ln!„ - 4 .1 11 c 1 , from Galway • Sir Philip Durham, G. C. 8., on a 11tid,,"'"uspection, from Po' rtsmouth ; Viscount and Viscountess Loe'rt. and the Hon. Miss Hoods, at their seat, Cricket 114 , Chard, Somerset, from a visit to Dowager Viscountess fror n at Whitley Abbey, near Coventry; J. Harroiks, Esq., ullichevrin Castle, N. 8., to Buckland Cottage, Far 4cloo, ti o i l :he Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the tiv M ed a a r- t k ou - 1 ( 2 1 .f . Stafford, and the Ladies Leveson Go Ye ste l ,e'S Hotel, Paris, on Thursday last. L we tt r er a s r received T h r 'ay announce their intended departure this day for Italy. e Duke and Duchess of Bedford and the . Ladies . 42 01 %N on will not visit Endsleigh House,. in Devonshire, this Pla ce 'as they contemplated. They will leaveßrunswick- Lords Costt; righton, in a few days for Woburn . Abbey.Ed.uurg h, en I. °llt e f n r _and Alexander Russell have arrived d at his Grace's stud, :in the Doune of Rothiemurcus The to sent off to Endsleigh a fortnight an ago, is to be des pa to weburn. liopp,"Le valuable old paintings, until recently at Work %aceure arrived at Arundel Castle a few days since. __His "stle h av ,lng disposed of Worksopp to the Duke of . New t/43n 1 1 ;, - ; : It is thought, will make this fine old baronial man- The prvrioacri(ipal residence. the Ilia of Douro, who is making a tour on ThetlL'ent, will not return until Christmas. i'oa S „'"larqui s of Abercorn has arrived at . Haddo n►il' 4l a Visit to Lord Aberdeen. The Marchioness and qtsh;liare still are at Byam House, Brighton. L or d Cl au d e Tgon h as arrived at Venice from Milan. to 1 ,,,1te Duche ss -C ountess o f Sutherland is expected 1 1 0‘ ,"re in H am il ton - p l ace on Monday next, from Lathom , t ,s'e hear Winski r k, t h e seat of Lord Skelmersdale. Pet r ' e ll e Earl and Countess Craven gave afete cham- Nwto their tenantry at Combe Abbey, near Coventry, 1 , 1 1 th e dnesd ay last. The Earl and Countess will leave Combo &Ad e cour se of the ensuing month, on a visit to Lord and IY I Snd Lady Verulam. 110,2 e Earl and Countess of Essex have arrived in 1 ,4 1 , 44 -squa re from Cashiobury Park for the winter. . ti,„lie n : e Earl of Derby is better and has taken airings 'ac t 6 the • last fortnight in Knowsley Park.— Cunzberland 7uet 'ite, he Earl of Y ar b oroug h arr i ved in Arlington -street, '4" l 3' , yest er d ay , f rom Appuldercome, Isle of Wight. Vol t e , tad and Co un t ess o f Ki nnou l l e f t Mil an at t h e at ad last month, and are now on their way to Bavaria. They Th re rnaini ng at Munich for some time. Earl and Countess of Chesterland arrived at ' e dlip e !„ 4 , l 4:l House on Wednesday last ; the former from T h ri Lodge the latter from Bretby Park. 4 e l tM ey e , 9,.o.untess De Salis has arrived at her seat, r,„k'.l'llcidlesex, from Brighton, where her Ladyship has i The E arl a st ay o f t h ree weeks. to w : Kiad and Countess of Wilton are expected in tb hileixt week, their way to Weimer Castle, on a visit h e r — a u " of Wel o li n ton. the Charl s Fizro io y and his Lady are expected at -4 4444' Rou e searly the next week from Euston Hall, W e ; k cli his father, the Duke of Grafton. "aye the to state that letters have bsen orti ved frorn Lord pleasure Grosvenor, dated from the Lake of I , n it Lo r r d ds ß li n i b ' e s rt health had greatly improved, and R o b e r e rt and family p were in good health. ‘ l q -an cia Chantry is at present on a visit to Mrs. Ili ° I ton of th e b. sStorrs Hall. ' 4 'll lion. George and Mrs. Dawson left . 114 ,e °tllBe Upper Grosvenor. street, yesterday, for Paris, ortr. L eY a i .,ntend to stay till after Christmas. entl ,„ I teY, of Curzon -street, May-fair, and a party ➢ dill 'ea, will leave town on a cruise in the Mediterranean. 4 1, t elleh at Lisbon. ftt °llt h F tact leaves Bryanston-square early in the next &e. Hague, to bring over Madame Dedel and the ttai d . Nittln tleral g " YndhaM and his party, who have been C/ t Cockermouth Castle for some time past, left this -164/..,eneountry yesterday for the Gallant General's seat in th'l h r. j`liotherland Pacquet. a le U nite Van Buren, son of the President of ebief York S tatewill embark at Liverpool to-morrow for 6tl This young gentleman has been visiting the "31 tv this 4414t4 eturi and the seats of several of the No countt'g towns ititll,l;Zot4,_ le Xa r nder . Lieven . has taken his departure to er, the Princess Lieven, at Paris. 4 ei t et qad he : i e 7 Stacpoole, after a tour in the North, taollth f or Calais. The Duke will keep open house vi th e at his hotel in Paris. tlit'llttif, r u k,e and Duchess of Cleveland will receive h;atnreo weeks longer at Rab Castle, Durham, and `" to Newton Pa b rk, near 130roughbridge, for the 48. 4 en e let e Y C o ussiao Ambassador entertained his Excel 04eat , uat Senfft P• 1 11, Baron Bulow, M. Dedel, and a e• early at dinner i , a o s n n Monday evening, at Ashburnham tl 4 Yla Q "ThWell had a large party to dinner on Mon- I ti eni on e : r ge u -str eet. Ye d dneY whose departure from town was ve l , o yth I. i .B treet f or l i . r ! d isposition of Mrs. Udney, has left Gros. of 14 W a i ter u„,.dney Castle. H.. , dailies, Bart., M P., is . making the tour 41ounwill retur n to town at the meeting of Parliament. 4 , l o, 4 n . b t ur t a en d owsky left town early on Sunday morn- I)Bar is still st route to St. Petersburgh. Countess Zava -011 B a Ylng in town. litt,i.rassia, ollteaux, Master of the Horse to the King iv 's Hotel on Tuesday for Holland, after ord 7& 'sled some extensive purchases of horses. s u pa 3'n t. evor, who has been sojourning at Lea soe time past, is shortly expected at Dyne th,,, a. ndillo, vvhere Lady Dynevor has been residing k•o t a t month, 4°411 IX, Sand has anived at his seat, Amber . sley l "Ji:a;°_rzs.ershire, from a short visit to the Hon. Colonel r:Harriet Clive ,s°ll,lll " s Granville will give a series of 1)61- d e i t st iZ ant " "' r ' , r; -c , ing during the ensu tors• to ing.uistecdiofuamsshilotrel'ao'f e :he' toe British Embassy in Earl and Counte s sarty arc about to assemble on SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NE WMA RKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, YESTERDAY. Town Plate of 501., for 3 yrs. old, 7st. 41b ' • 4 yrs. Bst. 41b ; 5 y ra Bst. 111 b ; 6 y rs an d age d , 9 st . 11b. T.M.M. The winner to be sold for 200 sov. Mr. J. B. Shelley's Paraguay, 3 yrs. Chapple 0 1 Mr. Batson's Voluptuary, 4 yrs Nat 0 2 The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Bond's Sir Felix, 6 yrs; Mr. Dockeray's Tom Shipman, 5 yrs; M r . V. King's Surpri s e, 4 yrs ; and D u ke of Grafton 's Olio, 3 yrs. Bet ting--Even on Voluptuary, 5 to 2 agst Surprise, 7 to 1 agst Sir Felix, Bto 1 agst Paraguay. A dead heat between Paraguay and Voluptuary. after the dead heat even betting. Won by a head. Handicap Plate of 100/., for 3 yrs old and upwards. A.F. Lord Jersey's Joannina, 3 yrs, 6st. 7Ib. Mr. V. King's Ratcatcher, aged, Bst. 41b 2 Lord Exeter's Velure, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Forth's Emprise, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b; Col. Walpole's ch. c. Blanknev, 4 yrs, ist. 81b. ; Gen. Grosvenor's Alerrythought, 4 yrs, 6st. 'ilb; and Mr. Bond's Maid of the Mill, 3 yrs, sst. Betting-10 to 3 agst Emprise, 9 to 2 agst Joannina, 4to 1 ags t V e l ure ( ta k . ), 6 to 1 Ratcatcher, and Bto 1 agst Merrythought. Won by a head. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes •f 10 sore. each ; for two yrs old, 7st. 31b ; and three yrs, 9st ; fillies allowed 31b. T. Y.C. The winner to be sold for 80 sore., if demanded &c. 5 Subs. Mr. Greville's Hilda, 3 yrs Duke of Rutland's f. by Hawker, 3 yrs Mr. E. H. Edwards's Despair, 3 yrs 3 Lord Exeter's f. by Redgauntlet .. 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Hilda, 2to 1 agst Despair, 4to 1 agst the Hawker filly (taken), and sto 1 agst Palais Royal (taken). De spair cut out the work to the cords, where Hilda and the Hawker filly singled themselves out, the favourite winning, after a slashing race, by a head. Despair was a length behind the second, and Palais Royal beaten off. The winner was claimed. Match, 200, h. ft. A.F.—Lord Exeter's Mecca, 7st. 111 b. (Co nelly) beat Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville, Bst. 71b. Betting-- 6 to 4 on D'Egville, who waited on the mare to the cords, failed in an attempt to get up, and was beaten cleverly by a length. ...Nat BETTING IN THE EVENING, &c. DEBBY BETTING. 20 to I agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau 22 to I agst Lord Lichfield's Gulnare colt 24 to I agst M►lr. Greville's Derrinane—taken 25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken 33 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cain colt—taken .5000 to 75 agst Duke of Richmond's Vale of Belvoir—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Wreford's Wapite—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. F. Craven's Deception—taken 1000 to 10 agst Captain Williamson's Melbourne—taken TILE SP. LEGER.. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Blakelock's Commodore—taken 30 to 1 agst Lbrd Lichtield's Gulnare colt—taken The Goodwood Stakes.—This long pending question came on this evening before the Jockey Club, and was decided in favour of Loutherbourgh. Dlr. Theobald, therefore, gets the stakes, and the bets stand. HOLYWELL HUNT RACES.—TUESDAY. Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sons. each, h. ft., for the produce of mares covered in 1834; colts, Bst. slb ; and fillies, Mst. 31b. Two miles. 7 Subs. Sir R. Bulkeley's b. f. Piccotee, by Teniers Darling Mr. F. R. Price's br. c. Captain Pops, by Priam 2 The Pengwern Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft., for three years old, 7st. 916; and four years, Bst. 91b. Mile and three quarters. 5 Subs. Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, 4 yrs walked over Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for three yrs old ; colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Bst. 51b. One mile and a half. 3 Subs. Mr. Mostyn's b. f. by Brutaudorf walked over The Champagne Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., for two years old; colts, Bst. bib; and fillies, Bst. 31b. Winners once, 31bs. extra; twice bibs. extra ; maiden two years old having started twice, allowed nibs. Last half mile. 6 Subs. Lord Eglinton's br. c. Malvolio, by Liverpool T. Lye 1 Mr. Mestyn's b. c. Papineax Lord Stanley's Velocity 3 Mr. F. R. Price's b. f. The Lady Abbess The Mostyn Stakes of 10 sous. each, for three years old, 7st 511); four, Bst. 51b ; five, Bst. 121 b ; six, 9st ; and aged, 9st. 21b, The Mostyn mile. 21 Subs. Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, 4 yrs Darling 1 Lord Stanley's Amurath, 6 yrs Mr. Phillips's The Maid of Marlton, 4 yrs Sir T. Stanley's Gasparoni, 3 yrs TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR--In your Paper, a short time since, were given the code of new coursing rules agreed upon at the Thatched House Tavern in June last. An advertisement appeared in Bell's Life, soon after those rules were made, to run a sweep stakes at Ashdown Park, of aged dogs, amounting to 6401., and one for puppies for 3201., the courses to be decided by those new rules. It, however, appears, (notwithstanding the fine velvet turf in and around the park, and altogether very superior coursing ground, by a letter from the Secretary of that Club in Bell's Life, 30th September, that unless twelve more subscribers sent their names by the 10th of this month, the stakes would be given up ; and by last Sunday's Paper it appears that those names had not been sent, in consequence of which the time for nominations is extended to the end of this month, on ac count of the lateness of the harvest. The reason given for this extension of time is truly ridi culous ; but doubtless intended to gloss over the real cause of such tempting stakes, and beautiful coursing ground, not filling as was wished by the promoters of them; which cause no judge of coursing rules, and practices played off at meetings, will doubt being the entire disapproval of the new Thatched House rules by coursers in general, who do not choose to risk their 201. a day, with all the variety of contingent expences and trouble to boot, under rules, one of which gives the power to the judge to decide courses, just according to his own will and pleasure, with impunity ; and another rule giving another indi vidual the power and opportunity of aiding and assisting, or abetting him in doing so, however wrong it may be. As you have furnished your readers with a list of those new rules, I hope you will also put them on their guard against being led away into error, by giving inserti on i n y our next to t h e a b ove ; the Paper mentioned they can refer to for the truth of it, and is a very strong test to show the opinion of coursers upon those rules. October 18, 1838. AN OLD COURSER. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, OCT. 18.—Wind W. S. W,, squally.—Arrived and proceeded for the River the Georgiana, Sheridan, from Bom bay ; Rover, from Valencia ; St. Lawrence, from Odessa to Hull • her Majesty's brig Zema, from I n di a ; h er M a j esty ' s s hi p n a l e i g h, from Ditto. Sailed this morning the home ward-bound for the River. The outward-bound remain. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Wind W., fresh breezes, and squally. —Arrived the Henry Kuseland, from N ew York. Sailed the Westminster, Moore, for New York. Mem.— The Numa transport has come into harbour from Spithead. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived the Wodan, Bendixon, from Apeurade. FALMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Wind W. to N. W., fresh gales and squally.—Arrived the Naiad, Hayes, from Zante. Ar rived off port, the David Grant, Lawrence, from Odessa. Sailed, the Penguin packet, for the Havannab, Belize, and Mexico ; Pandora packet, for the West Indies. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Pink, Paynter, from Paraiba; Spartan, Bowling, from Virginia; Warrior, Genoa, Vesta, and Garrod, from Dantzic. STANGATE CREEK, OCT. 17.—Arrived the Racehorfe, Punchard, from Denia ; Wave, David, from Xahia. DOVER, OCT. 18.—Arrived off port, the Sophia, Seek man, from New York ; Triton, from Oporto. DARTMOUTII, OCT. 18.—Arrived off port, the Poland, Har rington, from Lisbon. GLOSTER, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Albatross, Foster, from Malaga. WHITEHAVEN, OCT. 17.--Arrived the Thomas and William, Reed, from Quebec. _ _ CLYDE, OCT. 16.—Arrived, the Isabella, Auld, from Pic tou ; Cecilia, Anderson, from Demerara ; Jane Haddon, Ha. milton, from Bay Chaleur. WATERFORD, OCT. 16.—Arrived, the John Bull, Block, from Quebec. DUBLIN, OCT. 16.—Arrived, the Duke of Cambridge steamer), from London. CORK, OCT. 16.—Arrived, the Commodore, Compton, from Marianople ; Mantura, Weeks, from Malaga. HULL, OCT. 17. —Arrived, the Eliza, Way, from Denia. SClLLY.—Arrived off, the Comet, Christian, Valparaiso. YARMOUTH, OCT. 17.—The Anna, M'Dougal, of New castle, for Ireland, got in contact with a Kirkaldy vessel in the Roads, and was cut down to the water's edge in midship, and has come into the harbour. The Content, off North Shields, has come into the Roads with loss of fore-topmast, having been in contact. RAmscarit, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Jane Sherriff, Manser, from Marseilles, with loss of anchor and chain, and windlass damaged; Alexander, Self, with windlass broken and loss of anchor and chain. • ItE .-- 11A ;1: 6C T. 18.—The Sir Edward, Thomas, bound to Liverpool, was stranded outside the Pier, and has been got off, and brought in—cargo discharged. The Winscales, Walmslev, from Liverpool, put into Mont real, with damage, having been on shore. The Usk, Prouse, from Torquay to Miramichi, was aban doned 28th ult., in lat. 44. long. 43., being water-legged— crew and passengers saved. The Favourite, Tucker, from Turk's Island, put into Nor folk, with considerable damage. The Andre De Grave, from Liverpool to Ostend, is totally wrecked near the latter port—only the crew saved. The Susan Mary, Masters, from New York, put into Ber muda, much damaged, and with loss of spars, &c.—bound to Barbadoes. The Alderman Thompson, from Quebec to Hull, was on shore on the 12th inst., near Thurso. The Henry, from Shields to Thurso, is on shore on the Rocks near Frasenberg, and expected to become a wreck—. crew saved. The Molly Moore, from Wexford to Quebec, was lost near Cape Ray, 10th ult.—crew saved. The Hermitage, French, from Glasgow, put in here with loss of mainmast, &c. The America, Stafford, bound to Liverpool, put back to Baltimore, 21st ult., with damage and leaky. The Juile Romols, from Trinidad da Cuba, put in here dis masted, bound to Genoa. The Earl of Liverpool and Lady Louisa Jen kinson, who are making a Continental tour, will return home before Christmas. Lord Thomas and Lady Sophia Cecil have arrived at Carlsbad, and intend to remain on the Continent till the " ram "'" ) " ° - the raT4t , i()nable sraFon is toArn. His Lord. i n ias been it cc e d d in the command of the 10th Royal [lns ears, the Marquis of Londonderry's regiment, by Lieutenant- Colonel Vandeleur. THE. SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1838. sworn to amount to upwards of 600, and they are busy making cartridges to fit American mtiskets4 The organiza. tion is secret, but it is wide-spread. " Sir John Colborne has received despatches from Lord Glenelg and Lord Hill, earnestly requesting him to remain in the Canadas, as they cannot dispense with his services without prejudice to the interests of the country." EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED MONTREAL SEPT. 29. " I do not pretend to be anything of a politician, but any one must be blind not to see that one of the strongest links that bound this country to Great Britain has been burst asunder, and if Lord Durham persist in his deter mination to leave the country, it is impossible to say what the result may be. I presume that there will be some strong resolutions passed at the public meeting here to morrow, but though they may sooth his Lordships's wounded feelings, they will, I fear, be productive of little good beyond this. It cannot be denied that the Canadians are in a more discontented state than they were even at this time last year ; and an officer high in command told me a few days ago, that it was well ascertained that an attempt had been intended to surprise Isle au Noix, with the view of making it the rallying point of all the rebels, murderers, thieves, and vagabonds on the continent. The fort • has been put into good condi. tion ; has now plenty of guns mounted, with artillerymen to . work them, and a garrison of picked chosen men from the different regiments in this command ; there is, therefore, little chance of their succeeding, let them try it when they like. But it is pretty evident that we shall again be sub ject to a great deal of duty this winter ; and taking into view the paralization of trade produced by the events of last winter, the uneasy feeling amongst the people, the feeble ness and inefficiency of the Ministry at home, and the un settled state of our local administration, it must be admitted that our prospects are very gloomy. We hope there is no well-grounded apprehension of further aggresion in the Upper Province from our neighbours during the coming winter ; and though reports to the contrary reach from various quarters, I think the real object of the self-styled patriots and sympathisers is to keep us in a state of alarm, with a view to increase the public expendi ture, and ultimately produce disgust at home as well as in the colonies. EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED QUEBEC, SEPT. 29. " The resolutions passed by your Colonial Association meet our sentiments exactly, and meetings arc about being held all over the provinces deprecating the interference of the Imperial Parliament. Such has been most unfortunate for the British party, as Lord Durham will positively leave this fall, which must have the effect of retarding the settle ment of our difficulties ; and whatever difficulties may exist as to what that settlement should be, all must agree in deprecating delay." EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED BROCKVILLE, UPPER CANADA, SEPT. 29, 1838. " You will learn by this conveyance that from the in terference of the Imperial Parliament with some of the acts of Lord Durham, his Lordship intends leaving us soon. This is much to be regretted, and has thrown a gloom over the whole country. The lower province is far from being in a settled state, and should there be another outbreak there it is hard to say what the effect might be in this province." EXTRACT OP A LETTER DATED TORONTO, SEPT. 28, 1838. " The news which reached us yesterday, of Lord Dur ham having resigned his government of British North America, has cast a gloom over every one in this quarter. All well-disposed persons seem to think it the greatest calamity that could have happened to us. There was a numerous and highly respectable meeting held here two days ago, for the purpose of voting an address to his Excellency, praying him to remain as the Governor of the country, which I have no doubt would hare been followed up by similar meetings all over this Province, but which would be of no use now." Lord Brougham has been burned in effigy at Quebec. M ONEY AND CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) TIMES. —The transactions in the funds to-day (Thurs day) were on a larger scale than for some time past, but the tendency of prices was downwards. The more wary speculators attach deep interest to the state of affairs in the East Indies and Cakada, which are known also to excite great anxiety among those most extensively connected with those countries. Consols declined to 93i to for Money, and for Account were 931 buyers. India Stock receded to 0 61 to 2 ; Bank Stock was 2031 to 4f. A considerable tofi 6illt3os. took place ce premium.in Exchequer Bill s , w hi c h l e f t o ff on l y 61s. CHRONICLE.—The intelligence received this ( Thurs day) morning from Canada of the resignation of Lord Dur ham occasioned considerable gloom in the English Stock market, and the price of Consols immediately underwent a marked depression, but they rallied a little afterwards, as the private letters most to be relied upon held out a strong expectation of his being persuaded to remain in his present position. No effect was produced upon the value of Dutch Stocks by the receipt of the speech of the King of Holland on opening the States General, nor has any importance been attached to it in the city, our own political affairs absorbing the whole attention. POST.—The announcement of the resignation of Lord Durham, which arrived by the Great Western steamer to day (Thursday) has created a great deal of excitement amongst all parties here ; and on the first promulgation of thi s fact, which must have seriously alarmed the impotents of Downing-street, it occasioned so much apprehension in the public mind, as well as the commercial interests con nected with the Canadas, that it caused a considerable de cline in Consols. rates com merce of chg The commercial advices from the United States by this arrival are deemed highly favourable. The Money Market of the United States , and New York in particular, appears to have been in a healthy pos ition at the period of the sail ing of this vessel, and no difficulty had occu rre d i n any in stance where specie payments h ' ad been r esume d. I t seems also, f r om Mr. Levy Woo db u r ys TreasuryvesCtier inrc ruilt the E o t x s on England advanced on g ood bill s to 10 to i per c en t., Circular, a , that the action n h of the country and the general c ommun i ty h a d b een Treasury note sy s t em upon t h e sailingcountry the e.Ct transactions o t nent, and th e Gay previous .Continent, more favourable than wa s antici pated. 1 an There e s both o to had ot n been til thei s of the G,a and on Havre to sf. 171 c. This circumstance, and the advances which had taken place on the sailing of the packets to Europe for the week or two previous, had created a demand for bullion, which was chosen as a cheaper medium of remittance, and in consequence a considerable amount of bullion has been brought by the Great IVestern to this country, and the sum of about 146,000 dollars have also been.remitted to France by the Charles Carroll, be sides some former exportations. here il e t r h a a ld HER ALD. —The intelligence hp ofthewersesignation of Lord Durham, as brough d t by . . t G r ea t tern steamer, m of or t e lie se M nsaZ in6' this day (Thursday), _ time past, second created edt lon somewhat anticipated ; at the first it although it has been . n in the funds to the any political event which has occurred for some caused a sudden decline extent of full .?.; and detailed in thec h per cent. It will, however, be seen that the money market afterwards rallied. Very few of the private letters from eitherh. Mo n t rea l or • Quebec do more than notice the fact of Lord s hi p ' s re signation, in consequence of the shortness o f time for writ ing, ; but sufficient is stated in them to show that this event has created a very great sensation in both the Canadian provinces, and fears were entertained that it would much increase the confidence of the anti-British p irty in the Colonies. There is, however, a very strong impression amongst well-informed parties here that his Lordship, not withstanding all that h as passed, will retain his high office, as it is confidently asserted that the despatches which were taken out by the Great Western, and which are referred to in an extract of a letter from New York . below, were accompanied by an autograph from her Ma jesty, requesting him to continue to administer the affairs of the Canadas, to which, doubtless, the Queen has been urged by her affrighted Ministers. Meetings were about to be held in almost every town in both provinces to ad dress his Lordship on his intended departure, and to re quest him to continue in office. A very few days will, however, bring Lord Durham's final determination, and either relieve Ministers of their dreadful suspense, or place them more firmly on the horns of a dilemma. The commercial advices from the United States continue to be very farourable, and in most instances the banking operations of the United States continue to wear a healthy appearance, particularly where specie payments had been revived. By a ci rcu l ar from the Secretary of the Treasury, it ap pears that th e whole amount of Treasury notes author i se d 1837, had been issued— namely, 10,000, 7 000 of d o ll ars , of which there had been re deemed about ,511,850 dollars. The new issues in place of those red eemed under the act of May 1 2th, 183 8 , h ave been 5,709,810 dollars, of which there had been returned to the treasury 10 1,500,000 dollars, leaving a balance out standing of about 8,096,460 dollars. There had been some considerable transactions in the exchanges, both on England and Prance, a day or two previous to the sailing of the packet, which had caused the premium on good bills to advance to 10k, and therefore had rendered it cheaper to remit bullion to Europe than bills, and sovereigns were bought in preference at from 4 dollars 85c. a 4 dollars 90c. On France the exchange is quoted at sf. ; Holland 40} to 41 ; Hamburg 36 ; and Bremen 80 cents. The Great Western has bl ought home a considerable amount of g au, ' , ; , m , l th , Charles Carroll, for Havre, had on board bullion to the amount of 145,692 dollars, besides some previous shipments for that port. THE WEST INDIES. VaLstotifti, Ocr. 16:---41er Majesty's packet, Ranger, .Lieutenant Turner, arrived early this morning from the West Indies ; having left St. Thomas's on the I7th ult. with mails. The news she brings is highly satisfactory, as regards the return of the negroes to euiployment, for, with the exception of one or two of the small islands, it was ge neral. The next advices, it is anticipated, will convey the information that a proper understanding existed throughout. His Excellency Sir Lionel Smith visited Dunsinane, ac companied by the Hon. Joseph Gordon and Captain Darling, where the assembled multitudes greeted them with respect. His Excellency was likewise met there by the Lord Bishop, several clergymen, special justices, respectable planters, proprietors, and attorneys. Sir Lionel then addressed the multitude, first, however, directing himself to the last-mentioned :—He said, that from the experience he had had in other parishes, which he had visited, and from the information he had received, he believed that the same hone of contention ex isted there as elsewhere. Ho believed that it was everywhere alike the source of discontent, that the planters had served the late apprentices with notices to quit their houses and grounds. "I do not (said Sir Lionel) question your right I to do so; or ite legality, but I do question the prudence of such a step. The immense change from slavery to uncon ditional freedom surely deserves some consideration. All cannot be expected to be immediately quiet and calm. Depend on it yoU will be able to do nothing by force : much may be done by conciliation. Do away with every emblem of slavery ; throw off the Kilmarnock cap, and adopt in its stead, like rational men, the Briton's cap of liberty." He (Sir Lionel) never had any doubt of the planter's right to rent the houses and grounds, but to make the assurance doubly sure, lie had the opinion of her Ma. jesty's Attorney-General ; but the exercise of that right by the planter, and his being benefitted thereby, and getting the people to work, were very different matters. It can not be expected but that much difficulty will be expe rienced in getting rid of slavery —even in the little island of Antigua it had taken six months to get matters into a quiet state ; but here, in Jamaica, you expect it to be done in a day, and, because it is not so, yriu have become my enemies. You are all in arms against me (exclaimed Sir Lionel with much vehemence.) If you have issued notices to quit, with a view to compel people to work, or force them to work for a certain rate of Wl:tges, you have done wrong. Coercive measures will never succeed. In Yore and some of the other parishes I have been in they have agreed to give the people Is. Bd. per diem, and let them have their houses and grounds for three months gratui tously. [Some marks of dissent being here expressed, his Excellency said]—Well, if you cannot afford to pay them so much, pay them what you can afford ; use conciliatory measures, and I have no doubt the people will resume labour ; and that, as he saw so many planters present, he should be happy, if they had come to any arrangement amongst themselves, to be informed of it." A long discussipn then ensued, when the topic of the unnatural interference of a special justice in advising the labourers not to work but on certain exorbitant wages was canvassed, which was replied to with considerable warmth by Sir Lionel, in the following language :—" You are anxious to produce a panic to reduce the value of pro perty at home—to create dismay in order that you may speculate, by reducing the present value of estates ; but you will be disappointed, 'notwithstanding all your efforts— notwithstanding 'that a press daily sends forth its abuse against me, and blackguard contemptible remarks against my acts." A desultory conversation ensued, when S. J. Dallas, Esq., said it was intended by the legislature that rent should be paid. That he thought that Is. Bd. per day should be offered to the people to work five days in the week, returning one day's labour forthe houses and grounds. The Governor then addressed the labourers in a speech which drew forth a ()Teat deal of applause from his sable hearers. He concluded thus—" Now do you understand me, some of the gentlemen here are willing to give (the able men I mean) Is. Bd. per day for five days, and you give them back Is. Bcl. for rent. Are you satisfied . (g No, no,' from thousands.) Then (said his Excellency) you must make your own bargain ; I am very sorry, but can do no more. Now, my friends, I must leave you. I am no judge whether the wages offered you are sufficient or not, but I can tell you that in Manchester the people are working at a much less nate. I am very sorry to find things thus, but you know your own ; if, however, you will not work yourselves, take care you do not pre vent others from working. If I hear of any one in timidating you to prevent you from working, they will be punished—let me hear of no such conduct." His Excellency then returned to Kingston. Great order pre vailed throughout the day, and the immense assemblage quietly separated. (From the Morning Journal of Sept. 10.) We published a few days since in account of his Excel lency the Governor's visit to Vere, Clarendon, and Man chester, as furnished by a respected Correspondent. It appears, as our readers must have observed, that his Ex cellency succeded in inducing the proprietors and others in charge of properties to abandon the claim for rent of houses and grounds, and to pay at the rate of Is. Bd. per day for an able labourer. • It must also have been ob served, that, with the exception of a few in the first-named parish, the labourers all expressed themselves highly satis fied with the terms which, through the intervention of the Executive, the masters have consented fora limited period to pay ; and well they might. Eight shillings and fourpence per week, for five days,with the addition of houses andgrounds, is what few, very few, if any properties can afford, and nothing but the desire to comply with the wishes of the Exe cutive, and to induce the peasantry to resume labour, could possibly have induced the parties to agree, even for a limi ted period, to pay that rate of hire. But it is not enough that the labouring population, with cheers and every de monstration of joy, agree to work at the rates mentioned ; they must actually resume work, and readily and cheerfully perform it at the rate agreed upon. This we are most happy to find has been done in part, and we trust shortly will be generally done. Could the peasantry in some of the other parishes be induced to recommence the cultivation of the properties on the same terms, many of the proprietors would be most happy. We sincerely hope they may be. For their own sakes, as well as on account of the owners of the soil, we trust they will shortly, in every parish in the island, shame their enemies, and cheer their friends, by working in the manner in which free men can and ought to work, and at such wages as will remunerate them, and leave the master a fair and reasonable profit for his outlay of capital in the purchase of the property and payment of the annual contingencies. THE GREAT WESTERN TO LIEUT. HOSKEN, R.N., COMMANDER OF THE " GREAT WESTERN" STEAM SHIP. SlR,—Having had the pleasure of making what we be lieve to be the shortest passage ever accomplished between the American continent and an English port, and certainly the shortest between New York and any port in the United Kingdom, we cannot deny ourselves the satisfaction of expressing to you, as the skilful Commander of the Great Western, our admiration of this noble steamer, and of the ease and comfort with which she has transported us, in the short space of twelve days and twelve hours, from the quay at New York to her mooring in King's Road, Bristol. We beg to present to you several resolutions which have been entered into by the passengers at a meeting called for that purpose, and to request you will have the goodness to lay them before the Directors ; and we desire to offer to you our grateful thanks for the uniform polite ness and attention which have marked your conduct, and for the abundant and, indeed, we may say superabundant, provision which has been made for the supply of our wants and comforts during the passage. Bristol, Oct. 17, 1828. At the request and on behalf of all the passengers, (Signed) JN. B. ROBINSON, Chairman. Attest. (Signed) AARON B. PALMER, Secretary. At a meeting of the passengers of the Great Western, on her homeward voyage, on her eighth passage, held in the saloon of the ship, on the 16th Octqber, 1838, it was Resolved—That we think it due to the Great Western Steam Company, who have made the first successful prac tical effort in Atlantic steam navigation, to express our gra tification at the success of their experiment, that we consider the civilized world indebted to them for taking the lead in a revolution in oceanic navigation, which must produce in calculable benefits, remove prejudice, increase friendly rela tions between the Old and New World, tend to promote the peace and prosperity of nations, and thus forward hu man improvement and civilization. Resolved--That the repeated voyages of this ship have inspired a just confidence in her capacity and safety as a sea-vessel, and that we think it due to the proprietors of the ship and the public to declare that on this voyage there has not been the least manifestation of timidity or distrust. Resolved—That we retain a grateful sense of the at tention and politeness of Captain Hosken, the Commander of the ship, and of the orderly and proper deportment of the other officers of the crew, that, as to the table and other accommodations, we think it due to the Steward and his assistants to say, that they have greatly surpassed our expectations, and demand this expression of our appro bation. (Signed) JOHN B. ROBINSON, Chairman, on behalf of 126 passenger. Attest. (Signed) AARON B. PALMER, Secretary. STEAM NAVIGATION. To show the advantage of steam navigation on the At lantic, I must inform you that a gentleman residing near this city left in the Great Western August 16th, visited Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Dublin, Londonderry, arid the mountains of Donegal, transacted business at each place, and returned by the Great Western on the 24th inst., havin travelled 1,000 miles in Europe, and 7,500, or nearly 8,000 miles in thirty-nine days. Steam-boat inspectors are being appointed in every port of the United States, under the new law of Congress, to provide for the safety of passengers. No boat will be al lowed to run without being certified as to the apparent soundness of her machinery by one of the inspectors. AMERICAN PAPERS. (From Montreal Gazette of Sept. 25. ) We publish an Address which was presented on Satur day last to his Excellency the Earl of Durham, from the Delegates from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward's Island, during their residence at Quebec, expres sing their high respect for his Excellency, and the deep concern with which they heard of his Lordship's intention to resign the Government of these Provinces. It will be seen from the reply of his Excellency to this Address, that there is now no doubt of the determination of the Go vernor-General to resign, and to return forthwith to Eng land : " To his Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Durham, Governor-General of the British North Ame rican Provinces, &c. " In approaching your Lordship on the eve of your de parture from Quebec, we beg unanimously to offer to your Lordship the expression of our highest respect, and of the deep concern with which we have heard of your Lordship's rumoured intention to resign the government of these Provinces. " The duties of the mission with which we have been intrusted by the Lieutenant-Governors of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Pi ince Edward's Island, and the frankness of communication permitted by your Lordship, have brought us into acquaintance with your Lordship's feelings and views in relation to British North America, and irresistably impressed our minds with the conviction that your Lordship cherishes an ardent desire to elevate the Colonies committed to your government, and entertains conceptions calculated to render that desire effective. " In a review of the short period of the Government under your Lordship's personal direction, we behold your Lordship, with that feeling so congenial to Englishmen, which turns with repugnance from the shedding of blood on the scaffold, blending mercy with justice ; while return.. ing tranquillity had already rewarded an administration conducted without the sacrifice of human life ; and we were aware that improved laws and institutions were in preparation, which, under a Government firm, mild, and impartial, gave to the future the reasonable prospect of restored confidence and renovated prosperity. " For the provinces with which we are more personally connected, we saw in the warm interest, the enlightened and comprehensive views, and extensive powers of your Lordship, the dawning of vigour and improvement hitherto unknown. With your Lordship's departure those antici pations will, we fear, fade away ; but, although it should be our lot to see these provinces continue feeble and nerve less, compared with the condition at which their natural advantages entitle them to aim, yet shall we ever remem ber with gratitude the Statesman who, exalted in the first rank, and treading on the highest eminences of political life in our common country, hesitated not, at the call of his Sovereign, with disinterested zeal, to undertake an office of unparalleled difficulty, and has given to these dis tant territories the benefit of his enlarged experience and vigorous conceptions. Your Lordship's comprehensive mind has opened to our view the animating prospects of great public improvements advancing our common welfare, and is hich will ever associate your Lordship's name with the highest, prosperity of the colonies. " We are unwilling to abandon the hope that your Lord ship may yet continue in the Administration of your high office. Under any circumstances, we beg to assure your Lordship, that our most ardent wishes for the happiness of the Countess of Durham, your Lordship, and will accompany you through life. "J. W. JOIINS roN, Member of the Legislative Council, Nova Scotia. JAMES B. UNIACKE, Member for County of Cape Breton, and Member of Council. WILLIAM YOUNG, Member of Assembly for the County of Inverness. M. B. ALMON. (Deputation from Nova Scotia.) , CHARLES SIMONDS, Member of the Executive Council, and Speaker of the Assembly of New Brunswick. HARRY PETERS, Legislative Council. A. BOTSFORD, Member of Executive and Legislative Councils. HUGH JOHNSON, Member of the Executive Council and House of Assembly. JAMES KIRK. JOHN ROBERTSON. (Deputation from New Brunswick.) T. H. HAVILAND, Member of Executive and Legislative Councils. GEORGE DALRY2tIPLE, Speaker of the House of Assembly. JOSEPH POPE, Member of Assembly for Prince County. (Deputation from Prince Edward's Island.) " Quebec, Sept. 22, 1838." (The answer of his Excellency Lord Durham appeared in The Sun of yesterday.) (From the Correspondence of the New York Courier of Oct. 5.) " MONTREAL, SEPT. 28. " Yesterday afternoon, the piece of cannon captured at Moore's C orner on S unday even i ng arrived i n town u nder a guard of the 15th Regiment, in the steamer Prince: Victori a . Th e cannon is an iron long six-pounder, moun t e d on a new carriage, with elevating screw, and ever ything complete, and i n most exce l lent order. Some rough b oar d s were fixed at the sides and ends, so as to give the carriage the appearanc e of a cart or waggon, and the space inside was filled with apples. The Missisquoi Standard me ntions,. that the a p parent waggon attracted the attention of one of Captain Moore's troop, who apprised his Lieutenant, and the parties in charg e of it were ordered to stop, but instead of doing so they drove on faster. Captain Moore being informed of the circumstance, took with him the Lieutenant, a corporal, and a private, being all that were on the station at the time, and pursued. After ridinc , hard for a mile and a half, they carne up with the team, but the party had escaped, the night being pitch dark. There was a sword which had the appearance of having been recently sharp ened, inside the box. Three horses were secured, but we saw only two with the cannon yesterday. It is impossible to say what quantity of arms and anttounition has been thus secretly convet tql into the provine,?, but, there is hide doubt that it has been on an extensive scale. we know that the babitans in one part of the county of L'Acadie are SOUTH AMERICA. FALMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Her Majesty's packet Star, Lieut. Smith, arrived this afternoon from Mexico, having left Vera Cruz on the 27th August, Tampico 2d Septem ber, and the Havannah on the 16th, with mails, and on freight 650,000 dollars. The French blockading squadron, under Commodore Bazoche, remained off Vera Cruz ; they consisted of L'Herminee, 60 ; L'lphigenie, 60 ; L'Astre, 60 ; Le Laurier, 18 ; Le Voltigeur, 18 ; and L'Alcibiade, 20. Her Majesty's sloop Champion had been lying with them, also the United States corvette Ceres, which arrived on the 26th August from Philadelphia. The blockade continued to be observed with the greatest strictness, and any settlement of the existing differences appeared as re mote as ever. At a review which took place at Vera Cruz, just previous to the packet's departure, the regular troops amounted to 500, and the militia to 1,500, well armed with muskets. The best informed even of the Mexicans, however, think there is but little dependence to be placed on them. The first are ill paid, and the latter are confirmed cowards. and make no secret of their intention of running if it comes to a fight. Al though the French inhabitants are taking advantage of every opportunity to transport their property an d persons into France, they are still very numerous in the central provinces ; in the town of Vera Cruz alone th ere are 180 French subjects, who fully anticipate, on the first shot being fired, to be sent as hostages ninety miles into the interior ; others fear that, if they are not demanded by the French commodore, there will be a general massacre and pillage by the rabble of the town, previously to their beating a retreat. The Mexicans have an army of 4,000 men at the fort of Perot and in the town of Galapa, ready to descend to the coast in case of a crisis. The reason of their remain ing at so great a distance from the anticipated seat of war is the greater facility of victualling, and their exemption from the yellow fever, which is even more deadly to the in habitants of the high lands than to newly-arrived Europeans. In the mean time the middle classes in Vera Cruz seem fully determined to defend the town, and are rapidly strengthen ing their houses, which bear every resemblance to little castles. They seem aware that the French will have very little difficulty in entering. The arrival of the other French squadron, which was hourly expected, may alter their opi nions, and spare unncessary bloodshed. There had been no change in the Ministry, who continued to evince the same unyielding disposition. The announcement of some decisive measures having been taken is reasonably expected to reach by the next packet. On the 4th August her Majesty's ship Sappho was at Belize, with a prize, con taining between 200 and 300 slaves. The Patriota Jalapeao stated, as far back as the 15th of June, on the authority of a letter from Vera Cruz, that the French squadron had then made preparations for an at tack on that city, but that the captain of one of the blockading frigates protested against the attempt, on the ground that the blockading force was not of sufficient strength for such an enterprise. It does not, however, appear that to the latest date of our intelligence any hostile operations, other than the bleektole, bad been undertaken against Vera Cruz or the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa. On the 3thof August the Governor of the department of Vera Cruz addressed a " Ofgeo of the Home Department. " I have informed the President of your Excellency's note of the 3d inst., in which you inserted the Prefect's communication. The President received with 111.11Fh satis— faction the account of the review of the troops ia Vera . Cruz, of th e preparat i ons for d efence wh i ch are heg..7 made, and of the enthusiasm with which both the vetera-‘ and the auxil ar i es have determined to maintain the nations honour. This the President has been pleased to order me to state to you in reply ; and he has also directed me to commission you, as I now have the honour of doing, to return thanks to the inhabitants of Vera Cruz for their patriotic, conduct and sentiments, which, on this occasion, so well justify and confirm the honourable idea they have in all times formed to themselves of true freemen, and the'title of ' heroic,' which has been given to their city. " God and Liberty! " PESADO " Mexico, August 7, 1838. _ _ . " To - his Excellency the Governor of the Department of Vera Cruz." COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND TURKEY. The real effect of the treaty .whiCh has been concluded with Turkey is not generally understood. The existing treaties gave us the right of importing into and exporting from Turkey at three per cent. But when these treaties were entered into we only trafficked with the seaport towns, where rayahs (i. e. the inhabitants of Turkey not Mussul mans) used to bring Turkish produce to sell to us, and to buy our goods for circulation in the interior. On these rayahs the Turks levied certain duties. Latterly, as we became better acquinted with the Turks and less frightened at their ways, we naturally wished to dispense with these rayahs altogether, to make our own purchases in the inte rior of Turkey, and to sell ourselves our own_ goods. More over our merchants employed rayahs to do this for us, on the ground that our treaties, which conferred on us the privilege of exporting and importing for three per cent., gave us under that privilege the right of buying and selling ts herever we might think proper to do so at this duty. In this manner the treaties with England, as construed, gave to the rayahs a great advantage over their Masters the Turks; and thus the Turks saw themselves, at a moment when they could least afford it, deprived of a great part of the income they had once been accustomed to obtain. Under such circumstances it will not be deemed surprising that they should endeavour to elude what they could not openly resist. In the first place, being denied the power of taxing the sellers and importers of British goods, they taxed their own subjects, the purchasers. In the next place, having the power to prohibit the exportatiou of any goods—though they were refused the power of taxing as they deemed ex pedient the exporters—they actually did prohibit the ex portation of nearly all Turkish produce, and thus it became subject to the regular interior duties. But on the merchant buying the said produce, and paying the said interior duties, he was allowed to ship what he had so bought for exporta tion. Thus, in point of fact, the stipulations in the treaties became a dead letter ; and, as they were framed for a state of things entirely different from that to which it was wished to apply them, it can hardly be wondered at that such a re sult should have taken place. . _ In point of fact, at this present time the purchasers of British goods pay on an average, over and above the three per cent. paid on importation, nearly 10 per cent. On the other hand, on some of the articles of Turkish produce, as vallonia, silk, oil, wool, &c., there is paid 20,30, and even h 0 per cent., before they can be exported. Nor is this all. In looking at the Ottoman empire, we observe a state of things unlike anything in the west of Europe. We may nearly always fancy ourselves in Europe such as it was 250 or 300 years ago. In those days, when the Sovereign wanted money, or wished to make the fortunes of his fa vourites, he granted monopolies ; and this is precisely what the Sovereign does now. A whole island, for instance, or a whole district, is ordered to sell its produce to one particular person only, at a particular price, and this price frequently hardly repays the grower. Under such a state of things, who can wonder at the perpetual difficulties with which our rrwrchants have to contend in Turkey on the one hand, or at the rapid ruin approaching the Turks on the other ? The treaty which Lord Ponsonby has succeeded in ob taining has put an end to all these evils ; and great credit is due to that nobleman and Mr. Lytton Bulwer, the Se cretary of the Embassy, for the ability displayed by them in bringing to bear an arrangement calculated to promote essentially the interests of both Englaod and Turkey. We say Turkey as well as England. We say Turkey as well as England, for, to the credit of our times be it said, it is now generally understood that commerce between two na tions can only be beneficial to either by promoting the in terests of both. The great object in view in framing the new treaty was to insure—lst. Regularity and fixedness in the mode of collecting the revenue, and its concentration in as few places and as few hands as possible ; for at present there are a hundred little taxes levied in a hundred little places, levied by a hundred little people, and in this way the property is melted down. 2dly. The abolition of all mo nopolies and pretended prohibitions, which made the price of everything uncertain and different to this or that person, according to the interest possessed or the means of corrup tion employed. 3dly. The substitution of fair duties, according to the circumstances of the existing state of commerce, in lieu of the fictitious prohibitions and monopolies abolished which have reference to exports, and in lieu of the duties now levied upon the purchasers of imports, which, after having paid a certain sum, should thus be free of all other taxes whatever in their circulation through the empire. Those who know what the alcavala was in Spain may form some idea of the present system of levying taxes on sales in Turkey. A piece of printed cotton, we will say, is sold at Constantinople ; the purchaser pays so much ; if he wishes to send it into the interior for sale, he pays again ; and at every change of destination a fresh duty ; so that on one and the same article there are a succession of embarrassing little imposts, which, after all,. bring little into the Turkish exchequer. By the treaty, one tax paid at a particular time and place is substituted for this succession of taxes, which frees the said piece of cotton goods from all further taxes wb,:tever , The leading provisions are— The abolition of all monopolies and prohibitions, and the free purchase and exportation hereafter of all Turkish pro duce, the same paying on entering the shipping port whence it is exported 9 per cent., i. e. on all the important articles at least 12 per cent. less than is paid at present. The 3 per cent. export duty will be paid as at present on export ing, but the 9 pe r cent. covers all interior taxes whatsoever. The payment of 2 per cent. by the importer on all im ported goods (besides the 3 per cent. paid on importing', when he sells the same goods at the port into which they were imported, or when he sends them for sale into the interior ; after which neither purchaser nor sei. l er nor re -1 exporter is to pay a farthing more. The right of engaging in the. internal trade of Turkey', i. e. the purchase and sale of Turkish produce within the Ottoman dominions on the same terms as the Mussulmans. At present we trade on the same terms as the rayahs. The transit trade remains at three per cent., as at present, Thus there is the concentration of the revenue at the great ports, where superior persons are employed, and su perior control exists, and redress for grievances may be immediately sought and obtained. While our merchants are subject to fixed taxes and pay less than before, there is a probability that the Turkish exchequer will receive more than it does at present.—Morning Chronicle. THE WRECK OF THE FORFARSHIRE._The Glasgow Humane Society having forwarded to Miss Grace Horsley Darling their honorary silver medal, that heroic young lady returned the following reply to the letter which accompa nied the medal : " Longstone Lighthouse, Oct. 5, 1838. " Sir,—l own the receipt of yours of the 29th ultimo, which has been delivered to me by Robert Smeddle, Esq., of Ram borough Castle, and in reply most respectfully beg leave to thank you as President, also the Committee and the members individually, for the kind present which they have thought proper to confer upon me. Be assured that I lament most sincerely the awful loss of human life caused by the wreck of the Fo;farshire. It affords me great pleasure to think my humble endeavours, assisted by Divine Providence, have been instrumental in saving the lives of nine persons ; but ah ! how much my heart yearns within me to think how many valuable lives have been lost to their mourning friends, and to society at large, on this most mel anc h o ly occas i on I sincerely th an k you on behalf of my dear f a th er , an d b eg l eave most resPe.c t iully to say, that th e me d a l w hi c h your ,no bl e instituti o n has been pleased to confer upon me s h a ll b e considered a va l uable relic an long as it shall please Almigihty od to spare me in this world.—l have the hon our t o remain, Sir, hum ble servant, G " Your very (Signed) " GRACE_ v " To John Alston, Esq., Glasgow. DELAYED MAIL. iIieOR"LSoLnEaYonDAMRLaiIIN:. v i 4 b e ing near y three hours an a al.a a quarter before 11, . Birmingham, did not reach Oi l s town yesterday d mor h nin f g til' the usual time. We are informed by the Postmaster that reason whatever is assigned for the delay whi c h t oo k p l c on the London an d Birmingham R atl way.—Derby Repent: T HE ATTACK ON STANFIELD HALE.--F 011: t 'en persons have been fully committed to take their trials AGi the riot at Stanfield Hall, Wymondham, Norfolk. The re- Teander have been liberated upon entering into their own re- . co gnizalees, with sureties in different amounts, to appear at the Assizes, to answer to any indictment that may be preferred against them. despatch to the Minister for the Home Department, con taining a note from the Prefect of the district, in which ha states that the preparations for defence were carried on with the greatest energy and activity. On the evening of the _2d 3,000 men recently embodied were reviewed and placed in position for the defence. Of these, 800 were veteran soldiers, and the rest were drawn from vohmteer companies, in which, it is said, the people had been eager to enrol themselves. The following is the Minister's letter on! this subject :